The Lord Tunnicliffe | |
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 Official portrait, 2019 | |
| Opposition Deputy Chief Whip in House of Lords | |
| In office 8 October 2010 – July 2024 | |
| Leader | Ed Miliband Harriet Harman Jeremy Corbyn Keir Starmer |
| Succeeded by | TBC |
| Lord-in-Waiting Government Whip | |
| In office 6 October 2008 – 6 May 2010 | |
| Prime Minister | Gordon Brown |
| Preceded by | The Lord Bassam of Brighton |
| Succeeded by | The Earl Attlee |
| Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
| Assumed office 21 June 2004 Life Peerage | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 January 1943 |
| Nationality | English |
| Political party | Labour |
| Spouse | Susan Dale |
| Children | 2 |
| Alma mater | University College London Hamble College of Air Training |
| Profession | Pilot and railwayman |
Denis Tunnicliffe, Baron Tunnicliffe, CBE (born 17 January 1943), is a British pilot and railwayman. He is a Labour Life Peer, who has had several roles in the House of Lords ranging from a Government Whip to a Defence Spokesman. He recently spent years as the Opposition Deputy Chief Whip; when Labour returned to power after the 2024 United Kingdom general election the incoming Starmer ministry allotted the deputy chief whip's position (Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard) to Margaret Wheeler, Baroness Wheeler.